Find its original dimensions.

The length of rectangular piece of paper exceeds its breadth by 5 cm. If a strip of a rectangle 0.5cm wide be cut all around the paper, the area of the remaining part would be 500 cm2. Find its original dimensions.
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??????????????? "breth" ???????????????? ???? yu meen yu hav lungs, so yu breeth 1 time per dae just tu pruev yu hav lungs ???? Me assume yu talk bout a REKTANGEL... Rektangel hav leng & wide... area=leng*wide... yu sae leng=wide+5... yu klaem yu kut off a strip along 1 side... wich side du yu kut??? kut the long side or the short side?????? if kut the long side, yu hav (leng-0.5)*wide=500... (wide+4.5)*wide=500... wide^2 +4.5*wide -500=0... quadratik equashun giv roots=20.2235956 & -24.7235956... thro awae negativ...wide=20.2235956... leng=wide+4.5=24.7235956...
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